nongermane
- adjective
- /nɒnˈdʒɜːrmeɪn/
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irrelevante
- During the meeting, he pointed out that some suggestions were nongermane and did not contribute to the project goals.
Examples
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All of this, however, seems to us to fly in the face of the Appointments Clause's and the Chief Justice Presiding Clause's presumption that the office of Supreme Court Justice is a separate and distinct office to which nongermane lower federal court duties may not be attached.
Academic text (2006) -
Both statutes unconstitutionally attach nongermane duties to an office, rendering that officer the holder of two offices rather than one, thus violating the Appointments Clause.
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Despite the availability of alternative methods, the Appointments Clause and the clause providing for the Chief Justice to preside at Senate impeachment trials of the President seem to us most plausibly to suggest that the office of being a Supreme Court Justice is a separate and distinct office to which nongermane lower federal court duties cannot be attached.
Academic text (2006) -
Absent the Appointments Clause and the Chief Justice Presiding Clause, we might agree with Carrington and Cramton that the Good Behavior Clause standing alone is ambiguous, although even then we would argue that for 217 years we have acted as though the office of Supreme Court Justice was a separate office to which nongermane lower federal court duties cannot be attached.
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The teacher dismissed the student's comment as nongermane to the main topic of discussion in class.
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She realized that his arguments were nongermane, distracting from the key issues at hand.
Synonyms
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3.6
Not related to the subject people are discussing or to the main point
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4.2
Not related to the subject or situation
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6.7
Not relevant or suitable in a particular situation
Not related to what is being discussed
Not connected to the main topic or activity
Not connected to a person's family
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Etymology
Nongermane comes from non- 'not' plus germane, which comes from a Latin word meaning 'closely related' or 'of the same family'. So, think of something nongermane as 'not of the same family' of ideas — it is not related or not relevant to the topic.